For non Partners, your Past Broadcast will save for 14 days. For Amazon Prime members and Partners, they will be saved for 60. to keep these VODs, you’ll have to make sure that Past Broadcasts are saved. To keep them permanently, you will have to Highlight them.
Saving Past Broadcasts
In yourCreator Dashboardyou can click onSettingsand selectStreamin order toStore past broadcasts. This will keep VODs available underPast Broadcastswhen people visit your Twitch Channel. TheAlways Publish VODssetting will determine whether Past Broadcasts are visible after a stream or will need to be manually approved before becoming public. Past Broadcasts will need tobe made into Highlights to be saved permanently.
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How To Make A Stream Into A Highlight
In theCreator Dashboard,you will need to go toContentand selectVideo Producerto see all Past Broadcasts and Highlights. SelectingHighlightwill take you to an editor where you may shorten the previous stream before publishing the VODpermanently. Highlights are stored in theVideostab when viewing your channel, underneathPast Broadcastsin a section namedRecent Highlights and Uploads,or selecting the Filter option when in the Video tab and selectingHighlights. For a more organized system to categorize things,Collectionscan be made.
How To Make Collections
Only Highlights will be permanently savedand any VOD that is saved in a Collection will still expire after either 14 days for Affiliates and other broadcasters or 60 days for Partners or Amazon Prime Members. To save a VOD or Highlight to a Collection, navigate to theCreator Dashboard,Content, and then theVideo Producer. The three dots next to the selected VOD will open up options for the VOD. ClickingAdd Towill open up options toAdd New Collectionsor add the VOD to a previously made Collection. This allows viewers to navigate to a specific playlist of VODs that can be categorized by specific playthroughs, months, or however you would like to separate them.
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